Judge Dismisses Developer’s Lawsuit Against Jersey City and Mariano Vega: A U.S. District Court judge has tossed out a lawsuit filed last fall by a developer who had alleged that former City Council President Mariano Vega conspired with various city agencies and other public officials to take his property without compensation. Feds Accuse Jersey City [...]
Jersey City City Council Moves to Strip Council President of his Title; Mayor Vows to Veto: A sharply divided Jersey City City Council moved to strip Councilman-at-Large Peter Brennan of his council president title at last night’s council meeting, an action that city attorneys have called “illegal” and one that Mayor Jerramiah Healy has vowed [...]
Jersey City One of the Top Ten Public Transit Cities in the United States: Five cities in Hudson County, including Jersey City, made Forbes magazine’s America’s Top 10 Public Transportation Cities. Court Postpones Oral Arguments in Former Jersey City Assemblyman’s Fight Against Corruption Charges: In Newark, oral arguments have been postponed to January 26 on [...]
Editor’s Note: Several of the claims by the author of this letter could not be confirmed by JCI. Steve Fulop has said in interviews that he has lived in Jersey City since 2000, which contradicts the author’s assertion that he “decided to run for United States Congressman while living in our city for a mere [...]
PSE&G Project Angers Residents: A number of residents along St. Paul’s Avenue in Jersey City say a PSE&G upgrading project is wreaking havoc in their neighborhood. The Big Dig: As part of national Make a Difference Day, young and old participated in the Big Dig on Saturday, an all-out effort to plant 17,000 flowers across [...]
- AAA Sues Over Toll Hikes: The AAA has filed suit against the Port Authority over the agency’s recent toll hikes. – Manzo Looks to Have Corruption Charges Tossed: The attorney for former Jersey City Assemblyman and failed mayoral candidate Lou Manzo argues in a motion filed in federal court yesterday that all corruption charges [...]
- State Investigating Test Erasures at JC School & Others: The state Department of Education (DOE) yesterday released an analysis compiled over the past three years that examined patterns of erasures on the state’s battery of standardized tests — including where they could be clues to tampering. As a result, it has sent 34 schools, [...]
- Corruption: Hudson County political operative Ron Manzo has pleaded guilty to accepting a $5,000 bribe from FBI informant Solomon Dwek in exchange for a meeting with former Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell. Meanwhile, the attorney for former Assemblyman Lou Manzo has found out that the federal government is preparing to re-indict him, presumably on new [...]
- Sports Equipment Company Accused of Defrauding District: Jersey City is among two dozen New Jersey school districts defrauded by a Pennsylvania-based athletic equipment firm, according to a federal indictment released yesterday. The president of the company previously pleaded guilty in December 2008 to a count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. – [...]
- Corruption: U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman will not challenge a federal court ruling tossing out charges against some defendants in the state’s largest public corruption sting, instead allowing to stand a ruling by U.S. District Judge Jose Linares and a finding by a three-member panel of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals that dismisses extortion [...]
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